Pickleball Live On TV: 2024 Schedules

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• Professional Pickleball Association Tour
• Major League Pickleball Tour
• Association of Pickleball Players Tour
• Minto US Open Pickleball Championships
• Pickleball Slam
• Selkirk TV

Pickleball, a racquet sport resembling a cross between ping pong and tennis, is booming. 

Participation in the sport grew from 5 million players in 2021 to more than 36.5 million in 2022 and more fans than ever are watching pickleball live. The sport is growing so rapidly that the pickleball product market could reach as much as $4.1 billion by 2026. 

Much of this growth is thanks to increased visibility with a growing number of television contracts with major networks, and now an entire channel dedicated to pickleball 24/7, called PBTV. These contracts brought pickleball to ESPN, CBS, and ABC. For some, watching pickleball tournaments on TV is more entertaining than watching tennis.

Where & When To Watch Pickleball Live

Professional Pickleball Association Tour

You can watch all of the PPA Tour events on PBTV, and follow PPA on X (formerly twitter) for updates. Here’s a list of the upcoming events:

• August 7-11: Selkirk Kansas City Open – Kansas City, MO
• August 14-18: IHG Hotels & Resorts Bristol Open – Bristol, TN
• August 21-25: Picklr Utah Open – Salt Lake City, UT
• August 26 – September 1: Las Vegas Pickleball Cup – Las Vegas, NV
• September 9-15: CIBC Atlanta Slam – Peachtree Corners, GA
• September 30 – October 6: Stratusphere Gin Virginia Beach Cup – Virginia Beach, VA
• October 9-13: Guaranteed Rate Championships – Las Vegas, NV
• November 4-10: Lapiplasty® UPA World Championships – Dallas, TX
• November 14-17: Veolia Milwaukee Open – Milwaukee, WI
• December 4-8: CIBC PPA Finals – San Clemente, CA
• December 18-22: Oh Snap Daytona Beach Open – Daytona Beach, FL

PPA Tour Info

The PPA is a professional pickleball tour that features some of the top pickleball players in the sport. This year’s tournament schedule is unique as it is an integrated schedule with Major League Pickleball following the consolidation of the two into a unified entity in 2023. 

The PPA has pickleball live broadcast partnerships with FOX, CBS, Tennis Channel, ABC, ESPN, Prime Video, YouTube, and Fanduel. There will be 25 live tournaments in 2024, more than 4,500 on-demand matches, and over 1,500 hours of pickleball content across the various PPA platforms.

FOX, CBS, and ABC are available free over the air and, along with Tennis Channel and ESPN, on most major cable and streaming services. Prime Video is a streaming service available to Amazon Prime subscribers, and Fanduel is a popular sports-betting site.

Major League Pickleball Tour

MLP events can be watched through several platforms:

MLP Official Website: The MLP website often features live streaming links and other broadcast information for upcoming events.

YouTube: Many MLP matches are streamed live on the official MLP YouTube channel, providing free access to all the action.

PickleballTV: MLP events are also available on PickleballTV, which is accessible through their website and various streaming devices like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV.

CBS Sports Network: Select MLP events are broadcasted on CBS Sports Network, particularly major matches and the playoffs.

Here are the remaining dates for the MLP events this year:

• August 3-5: Regular Season – Kansas City, MO
• August 29 – September 1: Regular Season – Salt Lake City, UT
• September 19-22: Regular Season – New York, NY
• September 26-29: Regular Season – Virginia Beach, VA
• October 14-16: Regular Season – Las Vegas, NV
• October 24-27: Regular Season – Miami, FL
• November 1-3: Playoffs Round 1 – Dallas, TX
• November 22-24: Playoffs Round 2 – Orlando, FL

MLP Tour Info

Major League Pickleball distinguishes itself from the other professional leagues with a format that features co-ed team competitions. Many of the league’s 24 teams have high-profile celebrity owners and the league recently announced yet another new dynamic for the 2024 schedule.

The 2024 season will feature six divisions of four teams each for the regular season, meeting for 15 events. The schedule will include a minimum of 40 regular season matches, with each team facing every other team at least once. Divisional rivals will meet multiple times, and the season will close out with a two-week MLP Playoff Series. 

Association of Pickleball Players Tour

You can watch livestream APP events on their Youtube channel. Here is a summary of the remaining APP events for 2024:

• October 4-6: APP Women’s Open – Columbus, OH
• October 9-13: APP Dallas Open – Dallas, Texas
• October 23-27: APP Southern California Open – Southern California
• November 1-3: APP Next Gen Dallas – Grapevine, Texas
• November 6-10: APP Boca Raton Open – Boca Raton, Florida
• December 11-15: APP Fort Lauderdale Major – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

APP Tour Info

Previously known as the Association of Pickleball Professionals, the APP became the Association of Pickleball Players in 2023. The APP boasts the first tour officially sanctioned by USA Pickleball. The 2024 APP Tour features 12 APP tour stops with 4 majors, including an International and Collegiate Series and 3 events for the Next Gen Series, which cultivates younger players.

In addition, 5 APP tour events in 2024 will conclude with Pro Team competitions. These single-day team events have a $100,000 prize pool at stake. The upcoming schedule also includes an international team event for the first time!

CBS Sports Network and ESPN2 will broadcast pickleball live from the APP tour, though details are still forthcoming. These stations are available to subscribers of most cable providers and major streaming services, such as Hulu, Fubo, DirectTV, and YouTube TV. You can find APP TV on Facebook and YouTube. ESPN+ is available as a standalone subscription or as part of the Disney+ bundle with Hulu.

Can you find pickleball on TV tonight? We have good news! This year, The APP announced a partnership with Navio Networks, so fans can watch APP events on the newly-launched Court Sports Network as well, a Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television channel dedicated to fans of court sports.

Minto US Open Pickleball Championships

The US Open Pickleball Championships bills itself as the world’s largest live pickleball tournament combined with the world’s largest pickleball party. The 2024 US Open will take place April 12-20 in Naples Florida and CBS Sports Network will broadcast live for the mixed, women’s and men’s pro finals. You can also find coverage of the event on the Pickleball Channel on YouTube.

Pickleball Slam

The Pickleball Slam is back for a second year at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida on February 4, 2024. ESPN will broadcast exclusive coverage of a celebrity showdown featuring the return of John McEnroe and Andre Agassi from last year’s tournament with Steffi Graf and Maria Sharapova rounding out the competition.

The doubles matches in this tournament will feature McEnroe and Sharapova facing the married couple, Agassi and Graff, with 42 combined Grand Slam singles titles between the two teams.

A $1 million cash prize will be up for grabs. The event also features a return of the Amateur Slam tournament challenge, which features DUPR-ranked amateur doubles teams playing for a cash prize and a chance to play with the pros. However, the amateur event does not appear to have any planned television coverage.

Selkirk TV

Selkirk is the first and only free pickleball TV app. The app features pickleball live streaming, pro lessons, past tournaments, podcasts, and on-demand shows. You can download the app on Google Play and the Apple App Store. It is also available on Apple TV, Android TV, and ROKU and will be coming to Amazon’s Fire TV. With Selkirk, you are sure to find pickleball on TV today.

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